When we first meet Anna, her commitment phobic boyfriend of eight years is dropping her off at the airport. She’s about to fly to the Maldives to be a private tutor to sixteen year old T.J. He is in remission and needs to make up for all the school he missed.

After a long flight from Chicago to Male, there seems to be some issue with their connecting flight, so they have to catch a small seaplane to get to their final destination. About half way into their trip, their pilot Mick suffers a heart attack and the plane crashes into the ocean. Anna and T.J. survive but Mick does not. They wash up on a deserted island and as they have no kind of survival training, almost die of dehydration....